The ancient jurisdiction of (Augustodunum) Autun in
Burgundy, the capital of the Aedui, comprehended the
adjacent territory of (Noviodunum) Nevers. See d'Anville,
Notice de l'Ancienne Gaule, p. 491. The two dioceses of
Autun and Nevers are now composed, the former of 610, and
the latter of 160 parishes. The registers of births, taken
during eleven years, in 476 parishes of the same province of
Burgundy, and multiplied by the moderate proportion of 25
(see Messance, Recherches sur la Population, p. 142), may
authorise us to assign an average number of 656 persons for
each parish, which, being again multiplied by the 770
parishes of the dioceses of Nevers and Autun, will produce
the sum of 505,120 persons for the extent of country which
was once possessed by the Aedui.